Refreshing our Roman memories

Rob went for a run early in the morning and took some photos at the end when it was light. Rome is particularly beautiful at dawn when it is very quiet.

The Spanish Steps

View from road up to the Pincio

Another from the road to the Pincio

Piazza del Poppolo from the Pincio

 Later on we just walked around looking at favourite places

The first glimpse of the Pantheon is always special

Before the tourist hordes descend -the souvenir sellers are already there

The Roman Forum from behind the Campidoglio

Another tourist took this for us -at leat we stopped to look at the Forum -there were heaps of people who had a photo taken and rushed off to the next place

Le luci natalizie - Christmas lights in Rome

Christmas lights are going up all over Rome.  I've never seen so many people perched precariously on ladders - tying lights to whatever they can find over shop entrances.  The Via Condotti lights were on last night as well as in surrounding streets.

Christmas tree in Piazza S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Lights in Via Condotti

Mercedes Benz' logo is under each of the main decorations

Not many people around to see the lights

Trinita' dei Monti

A young guy was messing around with a laser pointer at the top of the Spanish Steps -it must have been fairly powerful

because he was also pointing the laser beam into the upper floor windows across the Piazza  (those with lights on)

This dentist obviously doesn't mind having an audience :)